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The Old Plank road is not to far from El Centro, CA. Just travel 45 miles or so and it's located just off Interstate 8, South of Buttercup Sand Dunes.

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Photo by Vilma Ruiz Pacrem

Posted April 4, 2011

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Visduh Aug. 2, 2011 @ 8:04 p.m.

Son of a gun! There is still a trace of that road. Who'd a thunk it? For as long as I've known of the plank road, I'd wondered what it was like to travel on it. Pretty bumpy, very slow, and a real demand on one's patience. We sure have come a long way from that road as late as the 1920's to I-8 today.

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Vilma Ruiz Pacrem Oct. 6, 2011 @ 5:55 a.m.

Yes, there is still part of this road left off the I-8 near Buttercup in the Imperial County side. Just about a miles from the Buttercup Ranger Station. We have come a long way and traveled a long way since them old days.
Vilma

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